Cobden's Logic mb-code 2502620 7th June 1975

7th June 1975

Interior view of Queen's Bench Prison

Vaults beneath Leathersellers' Hall

View with horse-drawn traffic and pedestrians on the street in front

Cobden's Logic mb-code 2502620 7th June 1975'Cobden's Logic', 1863. Cobden, MP for Manchester, made a speech in neighbouring Rochdale in which, on the one hand he condemned the British proletariat for their illiteracy, yet, on the other hand, advocated that the masses should be enfranchised. Punch, of course, never slow to pick these things up, made the most of this ambiguity by depicting John Bright, a firm supporter of parliamentary reform, supporting Cobden who is telling the local